Category: note in a bottle

Man Finds Note in a Bottle From 1974 Inside Wall of House—Tracks Down Worker Who Wrote It 50 Years Ago

Peeling back the layers of a home during renovations is a bit like time travel. For one man in New South Wales, Australia, contractors demolishing his wall revealed a time capsule—a glass bottle containing a note—in a wall cavity in his Newcastle home. The home owner, Matt Streatfeild, was looking behind the plaster within the…


Diver Finds 95-Year-Old Note in a Bottle on River Bottom, Tracks Down Owner’s Daughter

A charter boat captain recently discovered a 95-year-old bottle containing a note in Cheboygan River, Michigan, during an evening maintenance dive. As per her routine, Jennifer Dowker, owner of Nautical North Family Adventures, was cleaning her boat’s windows when she noticed the aged bottle on the river bottom. “I spotted that green bottle on the…